<p>I will second the website curriculum check. Wherever you have applied, and whatever your choices end up being, the most important thing to think about is what you actually will be doing for the years you will attend a school.</p>
<p>It is so easy these days of the internet to chart out a possible schedule for your entire program. This was immensely helpful for my D as she chose schools to apply to, and then even more so when she was deciding among her acceptances.</p>
<p>It is really a shame when you go to a school and find out the courses offered aren’t what you wanted to take. That matters even less than the name of the degree, or whether it is a BA or a BFA or anything else. Make a list of possible schools, and then research the actual curriculum at each one. Find out what students take, what opportunities they have for performance, how they spend their time (including tech work, internships, and the ability to work outside of school if that’s something you want).</p>
<p>From this forum, there has been much discussion about studying film/TV acting as opposed to stage/theatre acting. I have the impression that there are way fewer schools that say their programs are for film/TV training (mostly those in CA that have been mentioned, and some others), but that many - perhaps most - of the stage/theatre acting programs have some focus on film/TV. Certainly we have heard here there graduates from those programs get work in film/TV even without a specialized degree in it.</p>
<p>If you are looking for a TRAINING program, make sure there are courses that give you experiential learning, and if you are not interested in production, make sure those experiential courses are in Acting. It’s the coursework, not the school, or the name, or the reputation, that matters.</p>
<p>One small point I will make: It is nice if you want to learn to act on film to go to a school where there is a film production major. Acting students often can gain lots of experience performing in student films. You don’t have to be a film acting major to do that.</p>